Postdoc examines peace in historical thought

Murad Idris, a postdoctoral associate in the government department and a Mellon Postdoctoral Diversity Fellow, discussed peace across the history of political thought on campus March 8.

Women workers face tradeoffs, researchers find

ILR School shows that fewer U.S. women are entering the work force, and when European women take advantage of state services, they put their career advancement at risk.

Morrison speaks on evil, language and 'the white gaze'

The Nobel Prize-winning author returned to campus March 7 for a conversation about literature, politics and, especially, language.

Cornell Bridges to Community wins Perkins Prize

The student group, which sends students on service-learning trips to Nicaragua and encourages them to become global citizens, has won Cornell’s most distinguished diversity prize.

Next steps for diversity plan focus on the long term

The Toward New Destinations diversity planning document has been revised to reflect outcomes as well as plans to promote diversity and inclusion across campus, making them integral to university life.

'New face' of engineering works on Cornell Tech

The American Society of Civil Engineers has named Abena Sackey Ojetayo '07, M.Eng. '09, an engineer with Cornell Facilities Services, to its list of 2013 'New Faces of Civil Engineering.'

Report finds it pays to hire disabled workers

An ILR School report finds that expanding the workplace talent pool through hiring employees with disabilities makes good business sense.

Eight honored for improving campus climate for women

Eight Cornellians received Constance E. Cook and Alice H. Cook Recognition Awards Feb. 28 for their contributions to improving the climate for women at Cornell.

Skorton gives update on sexual assault, bias prevention

President David Skorton charges two committees to follow up on recommendations to improve the university's environment for preventing, reporting and responding to sexual violence and bias.